9495-04 Repealing and Replacing Chapter 21, Article 1 though 11 - The City of South Bend Zoning Ordinanace

Home Browse Search

Section 21-01.03 Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Buildings, Structures or Signs (F) should a legally established nonconforming sign be moved for any reason for any distance whatsoever, such legally established nonconforming sign shall thereafter conform to the provisions of this Ordinance. (3) Amortization ofOff-Premise Signs (i.e., Billboards). (A) Intent and Purpose Attractive and integrated urban design features tend to improve the image of the community, raise property values within the community, attract new business and residents to the community, and improve the overall quality of life of the community. Attention to urban design features, therefore, is determined by the Common Council of the City of South Bend to be in the best economic interest of the citizens and business owners of the City of South Bend. Signs, due to their inherent visibility and incursion upon the urban landscape, represent a prominent urban design feature. The regulations contained in Section 21-07.03 -Sign Regulations of this Ordinance were prepazed in recognition of the impact of signs as a prominent urban design feature. The intent the Sign Regulations of this Ordinance is, in part: to encourage the effective use of signs as a means of communication in the City of South Bend; to create a more attractive economic and business climate; to minimize the possible adverse effects of signs on neazby public and private property; to foster and improve the economic vitality of the community by enhancing and protecting the physical appearance of the community; and, to promote the public health, safety and general welfaze of the community. The purpose of the regulations contained in this Section 21-01.03 (j) (31- Amortization ofNonconforming Off Premise Signs aze intended to implement the intent set forth above. (B) Impact of Off-Premise Signs It is hereby declazed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend that off-premise signs have the greatest potential of all signs to have a significant negative impact on the urban design features of the City of South Bend and the public health, safety and general welfaze of the community due to: sign surface area in relation to lot area; sign surface area in relation to size of buildings; sign surface area in relation to the sign surface area permitted for on premise business signs; sign surface area in relation to the sign surface area of traffic control signs; inherent 9 Ord. No.: 9495-04